The Dillon tribune., 1887-07-15
THE "JOWS OF LUDWIG.'
TRAGIC ENDING OF A STRANGE MAJ
MA or BAVARiAN HAlDENS.
Tv,, Young 1sarOncssex Commit s"'c'u0
q: The Very spot Where the VIA" N'H:
Drowned Him >rlf-iIistory Of u iec"'
liar Maria.

liar Maria.
4 tu-uu. feminine rlan:; Is callcu 10
mind l,v the recent tragic new; FROM Alu-
mich. Two Noiln. ladies al that 'lt!-
lmro;jc,s,.s-l:iye committed suicide ny
drowning in the St;.inbcrg lake, tt Inc
very .,unt where TN. mad Kin: LOUIS
drowned himself l;.:, year. The names
OF ,!.p.;" ladies are ia!nli2: to all VINO
have been admitted 10 the ncss H!HEicn
society. They were sisters, aged ~ ara
&C, and were f"nct! 70: ilCr bca"ty.
Their family is /. >c.: noble and wealthy
one. The ..;.,,i;l 10 Wl.:c!, they fell VIC
tim ,.;.,! H.: origin fifteen or sixteen years
ago. The Young king WAS then at TIC
hci.;. si his romantic fame. i!Is lAea1ly
handsome likeness WAS to h" sc":l every
where. and everywhere yon heard tax cf
his poetic melancholy. his ronlan;." spirit,
and hi. confirmed celibacy. Naturally he
became IN object OF intense intci.s. 10
sentimental young ladies.
4 SILLY TALE
Presently. among IT, othe" "Ds;:rd tales
that were told Of him. there went abroad
tho story that hc spent most OF his time
in wandering about his kingdom in dis
guisc. He haunted shady lanes and ro-
mantle spots, seeking for some fair maiden
who should bc his chosen bride. We'll,
this silly tale was believed end :'ct iho,i-
sands of hearts to lluttering. Each E.aiden
wondered If she would I've his choice il he
chancctl to meet her under tho lilHc trees.
And she hesitated to plight her troth to
her village lover until she should have bad
Il chance to meet the King.
So 1t came to p:ss 1hat in the village ut
Ecrtoldshofel. in the romantic nlor!nt:in
,,r :,lt
formed themselves inio u sort If sister
hood. They pledged themselves /" "ach
other not t. marry until they were SIRE
the king tad passed them by. Each WIS
to wear his Likeness: coiis;anil! i"'". }i"r
bosom. and each wn.; 10 choose fo,' hers: K
secret bower where 1T cvc!tidc SO
should await lis coming. y 'nn"n Oily
scheme. probably, never WH% devised
! by the silly 'r"ils Of love icl, >c.ncl girls.
| lu; more than :: sore of Ecrt0hisilotc.l
Elaitcns entered niu It with the ::@:,l end "-
! vO:ion CT nuns. IEu fame of t!.iH: ~ >r,ool
spread to other Villages, 10 ;o,,';ls. AID
citics--nay. 10 N",,.rl it-fif. ,:;rtic
wcnchcs and the pctted h>a,ti i's @, lir::cely
! palaces alike caught IL" l.,:.I disease.
| Within u year 10; less t,:;tn !Dt1h young
women. al t!.ruU.:4 l,;.yui.::. :.;.,: taken
upon themselves lie "yuy,a uc Ludwig
;:nd were w;,itill., for their King.
| FREED FROM TilE.i: vo"'.
In 1i,nr ;.;:tny OF these girl imagined
they l,;'i been *lrn AMI passed ~ Dy ti!t
king, end. thus: freed from their vows, ;.c
| crptnu humber husbands. Ot!tvr.; grc".
| tired of waiting ;n! broke ;ligir vu,;f
| .Still others waited and waited in vain
until all ether sUi;ul's llnu passed tNcr1 Ey
and they Nro waiting ull ;Nd will b.
Wu!tin. all their lives. EUt =; ,,,r ranks
Of tie original siatrrNoo,.s were thinnet
now recruits were uG,jCu, ami "ile bride:
OF I.u;lWi%' were siill counted BY thou
sands 1t is estimated that lErrc were IL
lcs;, than 1850 oi tl.cm 1T the ti!aa of hi
suicide. When the news o. that TRACED,
became !nown they forthwith put &,
mourning and called themselves "ihr l:i,!
ows OF l.u.lH:;.' Many Of them too'; sol
cnln vows Of life long ceii'r:cy, l.; y ,oSel
of fHithlulncss to iis memory.
Among these latter two OF the most de
voted We're the young baroncsses of Mu
nicll To whom we have referred. The
constantly Wore the deepest E:our,linr
secluded Themselves; from all social pleas
urcs and drove themselves into coniirMc
, melancholy. Every week they went t
s;,.:rnl@ry md threw Ear!:!!s of flower
: ia.o The ";',t: ct tho >cry spot where tn
, kin, wa:; drowned. Finally they dieter
|. mined to share his fate. They arrayc
: themselves ~: brides, even to tlonnin
wells and ov::l.;;l' blossoms, rowed out int
the lake IT, the spot where he was drowned
and threw themselves into the water
Their bodies wcro found EcXt tlay. claspc
in each others Crnm. and Tith portrait
Q Of the mail king next their hearts.-par
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